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Baer, Yitzhak F

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Yitzhak Fritz Baer (1888 Halberstadt – 1980 Jerusalem) was a renowned historian, who specialized in the history of the Jews in medieval Christian Spain. Baer studied philosophy, classical philology, and history at the universities of Berlin, Strasbourg, Halle and Freiburg. During World War I, Yitzhak Baer served on the East German front in the artillery corps. In 1919, he was appointed research associate of the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin. In 1929 Baer moved to Jerusalem and in 1930 was appointed professor of medieval Jewish history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. From 1930 to 1959 he headed the university's department of Jewish history. He was one of the founders and editors of the Jewish historical review Zion, and one of the heads of the Israel Historical Society. Baer’s famous book entitled History of Jews in Christian Spain (first published in Hebrew in 1945) is regarded as basis for the studies of this subject. The private archival collection of Yitzhak Fritz Baer contains: his personal documents and letters; correspondence and study materials related to his work at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; historical sources he collected for his research; his articles and works that never were published; Baer’s published works and printed reviews on his publications; printed publications of other scholars --

Reference Code
P163
Dates
1908-1979
Consists of
82 files.
Languages
German; Hebrew; English; Spanish ; lat; gre; por; French;
Description
The private collection of Yitzhak Fritz Baer consists of his personal documents and many records related to his profession as a historian and a senior lecturer at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The personal documents include: certificates for graduation from the gymnasia in Halberstadt and from the universities in Berlin, Strasbourg, Halle and Freiburg; a teaching certificate from the Royal Scientific Commission in Berlin (1914); and extensive correspondence with family members, researchers, friends, public figures, academic institutions and publishing houses. Family correspondence contains, for example, letters that Baer sent during his military service in the First World War (1915-1918), and letters that he sent to his brother from Jerusalem in the first half of the 1930s. The correspondence with publishing houses includes contracts with Schocken publishing house and The Institute of Spanish History in Buenos Aires (Institututo de Historia de España, Buenos Aires) in connection to publication of his works. The collection includes correspondence with Gershom Scholem (1929), Hannah Arendt (1947), Kurt Wilhelm (1948) and Friedrich Schmidt (1959), Selma Stern-Täubler (1968-1975), Prime Minister of Israel Levi Eshkol (1966-1967) and many others. The collection contains the Hebrew University’s correspondence with Baer regarding the terms of his employment, correspondence in relation to his students, and regarding the university’s committees. There are also: various copied historical sources Baer collected for his research; Baer’s articles and works that never were published; his published works and printed reviews on his publications; printed publications of other scholars. Study materials and texts of Baer’s lectures is another part of the collection. In addition to the materials that were deposited at the CAHJP shortly after is death, there are additional uncatalogued materials that were deposited in 2019.
Title Baer, Yitzhak F.
Contributors Gershom,Scholem 1897-1982
Hannah,Arendt 1906-1975
Selma,Stern 1890-1981
Levi,Eshkol 1895-1969
Yitzhak,Baer 1888-1980
Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums (Berlin, Germany)
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Historia de España
Hotsaʾat Shoḳen
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry
Host Item Baer, Yitzhak F. - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Yitzhak Fritz Baer was born in Halberstadt in 1888. He studied Jewish education, philosophy, classical philology, and history at the universities of Berlin, Strasbourg, Halle and Freiburg. His dissertation at the Freiburg University was entitled “Studies in the History of the Jews of the Kingdom of Aragonia in the 13th and 14th Centuries”, and the history of the Jews in medieval Christian Spain became a main area of his scholarly focus. During World War I, he served on the East German front in the artillery corps. In 1919, Baer was appointed research associate of the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin. In 1929 he moved to Jerusalem and in 1930 he was appointed professor of medieval Jewish history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. From 1930 to 1959 he served as head of the university's department of Jewish history. He was one of the founders and editors of the Jewish historical review Zion, active member in the Israel Historical Society and was one of the founding members of the Israel Academy of Sciences. Baer’s famous book, entitled History of Jews in Christian Spain (first published in Hebrew in 1945), is regarded a basis for the studies of this subject. Since the late 1940s Baer devoted himself mainly to another topic - the study of Jewish life in the Land of Israel in the Second Temple Period (t’kufat bay’it she-ni). Yitzhak Fritz Baer passed away in Jerusalem in 1980.
Language Note German
Hebrew
English
Spanish
Latin
Greek
Portuguese
French
National Library system number 990043444190205171
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